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05850

ZIP 05850 is Lyndon Center, Vermont, in Caledonia County; area code 802; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Caledonia
Metro area
none
Population
307
Coordinates
44.5638, -72.0357
☼ Live from 05850 — Lyndon Center, VT

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Where 05850 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 05850
  • 🔢 Type 05850 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OSBSO — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ⇆05850 reads the same backwards. It is one of only 412 palindromic ZIP codes.
  • ➕ As a number, 5,850 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 × 13. Its digits add up to 18, a total 2,332 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1011011011010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 05849 (Lyndon, VT, 6 mi away) and 05851 (Lyndonville, VT, 1 mi away).
  • 👥 12 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (05058, 05085, 08055, 08505, 08550, 50058, …). The farthest-flung twin is 85005 in Phoenix, AZ, 2,256 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 89% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 95%.
  • 🎯1,391 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 05850 and you would come out at 44.56°S, 107.96°E — 970 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 34m of daylight. Shortest: 8h 49m.
  • 📏 At 1.4 square miles of land, 05850 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.1 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population307This ZIP307
Households71This ZIP71
Housing units71This ZIP71
Median age26.9This ZIP26.9Vermont43.1US 38.9
Median home value$294,700This ZIP$294,700Vermont$316,600US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher50.8%This ZIP50.8%
Population density219.8 / sq miThis ZIP219.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments8This ZIP8
Employees204This ZIP204
Annual payroll$11,928,000This ZIP$11,928,000
Tax returns filed260This ZIP260
Total adjusted gross income$12,164,000This ZIP$12,164,000

Land area

Land area1.40 sq miThis ZIP1.40 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Other place names in 05850

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 05850

ZIPCityDistance
05851 Lyndonville, VT 1.4 mi
05849 Lyndon, VT 6.2 mi
05866 Sheffield, VT 6.5 mi
05867 Sutton, VT 7.0 mi
05832 East Burke, VT 7.1 mi
05863 Saint Johnsbury Center, VT 7.5 mi
05871 West Burke, VT 9.1 mi
05838 East Saint Johnsbury, VT 9.7 mi
05828 Danville, VT 9.8 mi
05836 East Hardwick, VT 10.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 05850?

05850 is in Lyndon Center, Vermont, in Caledonia County. Its published point location is 44.5638, -72.0357.

What county is 05850 in?

05850 lies in Caledonia County.

What area code is 05850?

Lyndon Center uses area code 802, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 05850 in?

05850 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 05850?

About 307 people live in ZIP code 05850, in 71 households, at 219.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 05850?

The closest are 05851 (1.4 mi), 05849 (6.2 mi), 05866 (6.5 mi), 05867 (7 mi) and 05832 (7.1 mi).

Is 05850 a PO Box ZIP code?

05850 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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